The investigation is progressing after the series of terrorist attacks which left at least 20 dead in Russia on Sunday June 23. On Friday June 28, Russian police carried out a large campaign of searches throughout Dagestan, the Russian republic in the North Caucasus where the attacks occurred. These searches affected a training room of a local MMA club, owned by star Khabib Nurmagomedov, and which would have links with the perpetrators of the terrorist acts.
“Do I really need to condemn this? »
A few hours after the attack, Russian authorities identified one of the terrorists as Gadzhimurad Kagirov, a former MMA professional. He had been a regular at the Eagles MMA club, owned by Khabib Nurmagomedov in Derbent, for many months. “The Eagle,” considered one of the best fighters in the history of his sport, quickly reacted after the revelations about the links between the attacker and his MMA club. Kagirov « had a training camp (au club Eagles) for a few months, in 2021, but he was never a full member of the team »as confirmed by Khabib Nurmagomedov.
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« Entering a church and killing worshipers simply because they practice a different religion… Do I really need to condemn this? It is an inhumane and brutal act »continued the former UFC lightweight champion. The Russian media outlet Interfax specifies that all the documents present at the Eagles MMA club were checked by the authorities during the search. The case is still ongoing.
